Comment by rglullis

These people learn to hedge:

- Take X% of what they pay to Figma/Adobe and donate to FOSS alternatives.

- Every year, go through an exercise to look for missing features on the open source tool that still keeps you dependent on the proprietary one. Take the results from the feedback and give to the developers.

- (If you are a big company) use the results of this exercise to try to negotiate down on the price of the proprietary system you depend on. If you manage to get a discount, take it and double down on the support of the free alternative.

- Repeat until either you no longer need the proprietary solution or the open source alternative surpasses the closed one in capabilities and market share.